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Editorial: Animal Testings Should be Banned in the United States

Lisa Wang, Reporter May 17, 2019

Imagine standing in a laboratory. Countless cages, row upon row, fill the room.. Each has a rabbit in it, whose eyelids are held open by clips, keeping it from blinking. These rabbits are currently the...

Editorial: Michael Phelps is the Greatest Athlete of All Time

Noah Drexler, Reporter May 17, 2019

ESPN recently published a list of the top 20 athletes who dominated their respective sports in the last 20 years. The list is based on data that ESPN collected and they gave each athlete a dominance rating,...

Editorial: Production of Tobacco Should be Illegal

Melina Dhital, Reporter May 17, 2019

“Smoking and tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year worldwide. Current trends show that this will increase to more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030,” according to STAND, anti-tobacco...

Editorial: 11 is Too Young For An Cellphone

Sophie Beck, Reporter May 16, 2019

The average age for when a child gets their first phone is about 11, according to researchers at ParentingNI. Even though most social media apps that kids want require a minimum age of 13. This means that...

Editorial: All Grades at HHS Should Have Final Exemptions, Not Just Seniors

Emily Massage and Keela Delves May 16, 2019

As a senior there are lots of perks to look forward to, specifically final exemptions. The idea is that if you do well enough in your classes, that you will be exempt from you finals, and rightfully so....

Editorial: Trump’s Wall Will Damage Our Economy

Gina Roscoe, Reporter May 7, 2019

$55 million to replumb Flint, Michigan. $1 billion in lost crops from Hurricane Florence. $3 billion for California wildfires. $300,000 for the Parkland school shooting. These tragedies...

Editorial: Anti-Vaccination Should Not be an Option

Sophia DeDonatis, Reporter May 6, 2019

Vaccine hesitancy is defined as the “reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability.” In recent years especially, there has been a rise in what many refer to as anti-vaxxers in America...

Editorial: Uber and Lyft should have stronger background checks for their drivers

Caroline Diem, Reporter April 26, 2019

After a long day at work, it’s hard to keep from falling asleep. A young woman got into an Uber and expected to be driven back to her house, an hour away. Her Uber driver Harbir Parmar had other plans....

Editorial: The Model Minority Myth Must be Dismantled

Abigail Lee, Reporter April 24, 2019

A subconscious stereotype exists in American culture known as the model minority myth. The model minority myth characterizes Asian Americans as an ideal monolith that has managed to push past racial and...

Election Day Must be a National Holiday

Keela Delves and Emily Massage April 10, 2019

The Tuesday after November 1st is the day widely known as Election Day. What is perhaps less well known is the fact that the U.S. has an average of about 55% voter turnout for such elections. This number...

Editorial: National College Admissions Scandal: A Precursor to More Stories of the Privileged Buying Their Education

Brooke Daniels, Editor in Chief April 1, 2019

Picture a world in which a college degree could be bought with cold, hard cash. Now, in order to earn that degree one must attend a four-year college or educational institution of some kind that will award...

Editorial: Schools should provide more dairy free lunch options

Ashlyn Weidman, Reporter March 29, 2019

A common concern about school lunches is that they are not healthy enough, but what most people don’t talk about is the lack of dairy free options available. According to the U.S National Library...

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